Episode 126 - New stationery kit for Winterfest?
The holiday season is nigh! And so Stu and Justin try to figure out what we would like people to buy for us and also give you some ideas for the stationery nerd in your life (including yourself!)
Episode 125 - Men In (Hiking) Kilts!
A world apart but strangely similar. Stu and Justin discuss our journeys and reflections on being two city boys in the country. Oh, and one of us buys a kilt!
Episode 124 - Be More Stu
In this episode, Stu and Justin discuss the evolution of podcasting and how our listening has changed. How has your listening changed?
Episode 123 - Daily Driver Setup
We are back from a few weeks of travel, and so we catch up on our lives. Then, we discuss what stationery and systems we are currently rocking for our daily drivers of productivity.
Episode 122 - Using An Assistant
Do you use an assistant? How do you use an assistant? Stu and Justin discuss our experiences with using an assistant and give you our opinion on when you should use one these days.
Episode 121 - Desktop Clean up - Summer’s Over!
It's the end of summer, and Stu is cleaning up, organizing his life, and cleaning up his desk. When do you clean up? We discuss our different approaches.
Episode 120 - Ten Bands To Get To Know You By
Inspired by a social media post, Justin sets a topic that resulted in both hosts spending hours on homework! Try to list ten bands to get to know you by. Stu and Justin do, and our lists are quite different. Please take a listen, then try it yourself!
Episode 119 - Identity
Justin is struggling with what his identity should be or whether he needs to identify as anything. We discuss our views on identity and realize that many of our ideas are similar.
Episode 118 - Monkeys And Pedestals
How do you start a project? Build the things you know, or tackle the hard stuff you don't? Based on an idea from Annie Duke's book "Quit", we discuss how we approach these common issues.
Episode 117- Grit Versus Quit
Grit versus Quit - different sides of the same coin? How do we decide what we stick to or let go? Justin and Stu talk about their experiences.
Episode 116- Staying Productive in Hot Weather
Summer is in full beat, and Stu and Justin live in warmer climates. How do we deal with the heat and what tips do we have to help you deal with the joys of summer?
Episode 115 - Do, Defer, Delegate or Discard. Kill that list!
Stu runs a training company and loves alliteration in the title. This week, we discuss our different techniques to kill the to-do list.
Episode 114- Balancing consumption versus creation?
Consumption versus creation. Is it a war of attention, or does one need the other? Stu and Justin examine our thoughts on this interesting and often championed topic.
Episode 113 - The Future of Computing?
Virtual Headsets, AI, and Machine Learning - are all in the news lately. Justin and Stu discuss where we think these will add value and how the future of computing will develop.
Episode 112- Becoming A Problem Finder Rather Than A Problem Solver
Inspired by a newsletter email from Greg McKeown, we discuss the ideas of Problem Finding versus Problem Solving. And present some ideas from our own experience.
Episode 111 - Who Am I Optimizing To Become?
Who am I optimizing to become? A question from a book that brought interesting and passionate responses from at least one of the hosts!
Episode 110 - Rest and Recovery
Are you feeling burned out? We deal with it too. And in this episode, we talk about some causes and remedies. In short, retire early, and live in the Mediterranean.
Episode 109- GTD stage by stage: Reflecting and Engaging
In this final episode in our series on GTD, we discuss reflecting and engaging and sum up our thoughts and takeaways about GTD.
Episode 108- GTD stage by stage: Organizing
We continue deep diving into Getting Things Done and discuss the critical organizing stage. We talk about our systems and approaches to organizing our tasks.
Episode 107- GTD stage by stage: Clarify
Stu tries to upset everyone on the internet and give the fussy editor a heart attack! And we carry on our journey along the path of GTD this week, focusing on Clarify.